Overview
Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Iowa average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Spirit Lake. Its strongest area is quality of care (3 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.6 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 63% of nursing homes in Iowa (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on October 2, 2025, found 7 health deficiencies, more than the Iowa average of 6.5. All of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $34,567 in the past three years.
Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake is a for-profit facility with 80 certified beds, caring for about 71 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2004.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 74%
Top 73%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- October 2, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 7
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 7
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $34,567
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.58 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.58 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.68 hrs
- Nurse aides2.32 hrs
- Physical therapists0.05 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 80
- Average residents per day
- 71
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- April 22, 2004
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- None
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes